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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...substance; it impresses one as being "padded," as though the writer had incorporated unimportant incidents merely to please his fancy or give his descriptive powers a fling. The ending is a trifle unintelligible, being either so obvious as to utterly shake the foundation of the plot and the action, or so enigmatical as to totally mystify. However, to the question: does the story hold the interest throughout? The answer must be in the affirmative, and that, after all, is what we want...

Author: By Gerald COURTNEY ., | Title: Advocate Lean But Interesting | 1/24/1917 | See Source »

...action of the corporation was taken by a solemn, specific, legally binding resolution which will oblige the monument t be built unless the corporation by some act s solemn, as specific, and as legally-binding shall rescind the resolution and return the money already raised to the subscribers. --JOHN JAY CHAPMAN...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMMENT | 1/23/1917 | See Source »

...proposition to award the university letter to managers of major sport teams has aroused so much opposition in undergraduate circles that the Athletic Council deemed it wise to postpone action until the matter could be further studied. Both senior societies have come out strongly against the plan, on the ground that the "C" should be given for athletics only, and for nothing else. The proposal has also been condemned by the Cornell Sun, representing the undergraduate body. As the managers who would be benefited by the plan hold seats on the Council, a determined effort is likely to be make...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ITHACANS PREPARE TO MEET UNIVERSITY IN B. A. A. GAMES | 1/23/1917 | See Source »

...allowed Ian Hay to speak in Sanders. Nobody intimated that Harvard was, for that reason, pro-Ally. But when, the next month, Harvard excludes Mrs. Skeffington, the Boston Herald relates the incident on its front page with the statement that "it was generally understood among the students that the action of the College authorities was taken because of Mrs. Skeffington's supposed anti-British sentiments." There was also a foul blast from another Boston sheet to the effect that Harvard suppresses the truth. If Mrs. Skeffington had been allowed to speak in Emerson Hall it is fairly certain that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Speakers in University Halls. | 1/20/1917 | See Source »

...action of the undergraduate authorities of the Union in allowing all 1918 men to attend the Junior Dance, whether they are members of the Union or not, is a praiseworthy step in the right direction. Originally intended to be a club for all, the Union is now a club only by the mandates of its constitution. At present it is the only place in the University which undergraduates may have for themselves. Here they may hear lecturers, whom the University authorities do not wish to have speak in one of the college buildings and hence, in a sense, under...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A STEP TOWARDS AN OPEN UNION. | 1/19/1917 | See Source »

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